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Job summary

Main area
Community Nursing -Clinical Educators
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (Full and part time Hours available)
Job ref
190-01001-DIR
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/10/2025 23:59
Interview date
21/10/2025

Employer heading

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Clinical Skills Educator - Community Nursing

NHS AfC: Band 6

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

To work with senior nursing colleagues and have responsibility for role specific education and teaching of community nurses. To develop specialist packages of education, training and clinical skills programmes to meet the needs of staff and better the patient experience. To develop and support the role out of specialist competency packages and contribute to the training of staff within community services to achieve the specialist skills and knowledge, required to care for patients in community settings. This role will be key to supporting the service to have staff who are clinically competent to manage patients with increasing levels of complexity within the community undertaking procedures which may have previously been carried out in a hospital setting. 

Main duties of the job

Promote a positive learning environment, which facilitates the development and educational needs of staff, utilising all available learning opportunities and resources.

To be responsive to service developments, developing and implementing relevant clinical skills training to support rapid implementation.

To demonstrate initiative and resourcefulness in developing and delivery clinical skills training in the community setting. 

Lead on provision of clinical skills education for staff, patients, and carers to meet the specific needs of housebound patients including but not limited to end of life care, pressure care and bowel/bladder/tracheostomy care.  

Lead and promote high quality care by supporting the development and the delivery of clinical skills packages for staff. 

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse.
  • Current NMC Registration.
  • Degree level study (on Degree pathway).
  • To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
Desirable criteria
  • Working towards or educated to Master's level.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge and understanding of training and education.
  • Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for student supervision and assessment (formally Mentorship) if relevant to role
  • Has understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding
  • Ability to lead, motivate and develop a professional team
  • Ability to manage complex workload under pressure and prioritise to meet deadlines
  • Evidence of developing and leading programmes of education and or training
Desirable criteria
  • Research or audit experience.

Further Training

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of continuous personal & professional development
  • Current advanced clinical knowledge and skill in specialty
  • Current knowledge of evidencebase for specialty

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent team working skills and the ability to work collaboratively.
  • Excellent interpersonal. communication, team working and leadership skills.
  • Excellent IT skills.
  • Excellent organisational skills, ability to act on own initiative, to prioritise work and manage multiple tasks for self and others.
  • Confident in working with a wide range of professionals.
  • Understanding of stress and ability to help others to cope under pressure.
  • Able to maintain confidentiality.

Other Factors

Essential criteria
  • Confident & assertive.
  • Flexible and reliable approach to working practices.
  • Mature and positive attitude to change management.
  • Proactive approach to service delivery.
  • Due to the requirement to undertake visits and transport nonportable equipment, the post holder is required to be a car driver with a valid driving licence.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Kathryn Acaster
Job title
Operational Nurse Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07772760428
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